The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Shakira, Dwayne Johnson highlight coronavirus equity concert
NEW YORK » Dwayne Johnson will host, and Shakira, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson will perform on a globally broadcast concert calling on world leaders to make coronavirus tests and treatment available and equitable for all.
The advocacy organization Global Citizen and the European Com- mission announced that Global Goal: Unite for Our Future — The Concert will air on Saturday.
Other artists performing in isolation include Usher, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Chloe x Halle.
The concert will also feature appearances from Billy Porter, Charlize Theron, Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Salma Hayek and David Beckham.
It will be broadcast on NBC in the U.S. and other television stations, radio stations, websites and streaming outlets around the world.
“The event aims to lift up the global community,” Johnson said in a state
Trump rally in Tulsa a hit on TV
NEW YORK » Now it’s apparent where many of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stayed away from Saturday’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., were instead: they were home watching it on television.
Fox News Channel, which aired Trump’s speech live, had the biggest Saturday night audience in the network’s 24-year history, the Nielsen company said. During Trump’s address at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Fox had 8.2 million people watching.
CNN and MSNBC aired only clips of Trump talking, yet each news network had about twice as many viewers as they normally get on Saturday nights. Collectively, the three networks had nearly 12 million viewers for its Trump coverage, Nielsen said.